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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
funny
informative
medium-paced
I really enjoyed this sortabiography, full of as much wit and panache as one would expect from a man who is among the living legends of comedy. He avoids oversentimentality in his look back at his career while still handling certain topics with appropriate gravity. Amusing and touching all at the same time and lest you think it too serious, it's an autobiography as only a Python could write, so there's plenty of silliness and button pushing.
I read this book through Penguin's First to Read program
I read this book through Penguin's First to Read program
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide
I really enjoyed this book and I am so glad I listened to it. I found myself laughing out loud many times while listening. :)
This book is about Eric Idle's life, but mostly it's about his friendships and how important those were to him. The book was really funny and emotional. It's quite a roller coaster.
If he wasn't so genuinely funny this would have been obnoxious. I quite love Eric Idle but found this to be a bit self indulgent even for him. Not nearly enough of the content I came for (Python..his movies) and way too much content I started skipping past (endless holidays with famous people.). Still, it was a fun listen hearing him do so many bits.
Absolutely hilarious. I highly recommend the audiobook read by Eric Idle himself as he interjects his reading with impressions and songs and readings from sketches. It makes the whole thing just that much more enjoyable.
Of course this one was a fun read, made even more enjoyable by listening to the audiobook read by the author. I particularly enjoyed the earlier parts of the memoir, chronicling Idle's childhood growing up in the north of England in the post-war years. As the work progresses to the height of Monty Python's fame, we get a glimpse of this time of extraordinary creativity and innovation fostered by the collision of such unique and talented minds. If the latter portions of the book tend to devolve a bit into long name-dropping lists of celebrity friends and globe-trotting, the very genuine tributes to deep friendships such as those Idle has with figures such as George Harrison and Robin Williams are very touching. Definitely enjoyable, and highly recommend the audio version!
Pretentious twaddle by a man of inconceivably low taste and standards, the book is awash with pompous self-preening, excessive name-dropping, and a flaunting display of a degenerate, puffed up ostentation. I rather liked it.